Not just a hijack: Imaginary worlds can enhance individual and group-level fitness
- PMID: 36396425
- DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X21002144
Not just a hijack: Imaginary worlds can enhance individual and group-level fitness
Abstract
Why has fiction been so successful over time? We make the case that fiction may have properties that enhance both individual and group-level fitness by (a) allowing risk-free simulation of important scenarios, (b) effectively transmitting solutions to common problems, and (c) enhancing group cohesion through shared consumption of fictive worlds.
Comment in
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Imaginary worlds through the evolutionary lens: Ultimate functions, proximate mechanisms, cultural distribution.Behav Brain Sci. 2022 Nov 18;45:e309. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X22000048. Behav Brain Sci. 2022. PMID: 36396422
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Why imaginary worlds? The psychological foundations and cultural evolution of fictions with imaginary worlds.Behav Brain Sci. 2021 Jul 8;45:e276. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X21000923. Behav Brain Sci. 2021. PMID: 34233768
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